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The University of Scranton
General Education
Curriculum
All students at The University of Scranton
have the opportunity to become liberally educated
in the Ignatian tradition. This liberal
education will include the development of
general skills and skills in the major. It will
also include opportunity to develop both
depth and breadth in the major, the cognate,
and in the areas of natural science, social/
behavioral science, humanities, philosophy,
and theology. Within the disciplines listed
above, students will also take at least two
courses that are writing-intensive and two
courses with a strong cultural diversity component.
The University’s approach to general
education follows the outline below. To follow
that outline, it helps to first understand how
courses fulfilling general education requirements
are designated.
Designation of Courses Fulfilling
General Education Requirements
Courses that fulfill general education
requirements as described in the outline
below can be identified in catalog and course
bulletin listings by a letter code in parentheses
preceding the course title:
Q Quantitative Reasoning
CH Humanities/Culture: History
CL Humanities/Culture: Literature
CA Humanities/Culture: Arts
CF Humanities/Culture: Foreign Languages
P Philosophy or Theology/Religious
Studies
E Natural Science
S Social/Behavioral Science
W Writing-Intensive
D Cultural Diversity
Courses having more than one letter code
indicates that the course satisfies multiple
general education requirements, reducing
overall requirements; e.g., (CH,W) satisfies
both a Humanities/Culture: History and a
Writing-Intensive requirement.
Outline of General Education
Requirements
Skills Acquisition
Public Speaking: One course, 3 credits
COMM 100 Public Speaking
PHIL 217J The Trivium
Basic Composition: One or two courses,
3-6 credits
WRTG 105 & 106 College Writing I & II
WRTG 107 Composition
Computing/Information Literacy: One course
and laboratory, 3 credits
C/IL 102/102L Computing and Information
Literacy
C/IL 104 Computing and Information
Literacy for Business
(a focused variant of C/IL
102/102L with an emphasis
appropriate for students
with majors in The Kania
School of Management)
Writing-Intensive Requirement (W): Two
courses, variable credit*
One of these courses should be in the
major program of study. Writing-intensive
courses may also fulfill other major, cognate
and/or general education requirements.
Quantitative Reasoning (Q): One course,
3 credits*
A mathematically based course as recommended
by the major or chosen by the student
in consultation with an advisor.
Subject Matter Mastery
The Human Person and God
• Theology/Religious Studies: Two courses,
6 credits
T/RS 121 Theology I
T/RS 122 Theology II
• Philosophy: Two courses, 6 credits
PHIL 120 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 210 Ethics
• Theology/Philosophy Elective (P): One
course, 3 credits*
* A list of eligible courses to fulfill general education requirements is available through the academic advising centers, the deans’
offices, the Office of the Registrar and online at www.scranton.edu/academics/gelist.shtml. Not all courses are offered every registration
cycle.